World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Court Frees Islamist Leader

Published: October 18, 2006

The Lahore High Court set free Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, left, the founder of the banned Islamist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, declaring his detention without trial since August illegal. India has repeatedly blamed the group for terrorist acts on its territory, including an attack on its Parliament building in 2001. It also suspects there were ties between Lashkar-e-Taiba and the plotters of the coordinated bomb attacks on trains in Mumbai in July in which more than 180 people died.